Corporate governance and accountability are being strengthened.
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Governance
//ˈɡʌvəɹnəns//
Synonyms for "governance" (70 found)
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Related words (35)
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68 translations across 24 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- режим noun (the specific system by which a political system is ruled)
- ръководство noun (the group of people who make up an administrative body)
- управление noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
Catalan
1 entries- governança noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
Czech
2 entries- správa (věcí veřejných) noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
- vládnutí noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
Dutch
1 entries- bestuur noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
Finnish
4 entries- hallinto noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
- hallinto noun (the specific system by which a political system is ruled)
- hallinto noun (the group of people who make up an administrative body)
- hallintojärjestelmä noun (the specific system by which a political system is ruled)
French
2 entries- direction noun (the group of people who make up an administrative body)
- gouvernance noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
Galician
1 entries- gobernanza noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
German
4 entries- Amtsführung noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
- Führung noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
- Führung noun (the group of people who make up an administrative body)
- Führungsstruktur noun (the specific system by which a political system is ruled)
Hungarian
3 entries- irányítás noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
- kormányzás noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
- vezetés noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
Indonesian
2 entries- pemerintahan noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
- tata kelola noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
Italian
4 entries- amministrazione noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
- amministrazione noun (the group of people who make up an administrative body)
- gestione noun (the state of being governed)
- governo noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
Latin
1 entries- regimen noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
Macedonian
1 entries- владеење noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
Malay
1 entries- governans noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
Malayalam
3 entries- ഭരണം noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
- ഭരണകൂടം noun (the group of people who make up an administrative body)
- ഭരണനിർവ്വഹണം noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
Middle English
1 entries- governaunce noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
Mongolian
1 entries- засаг noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
Māori
1 entries- mana whakahaere noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
Portuguese
1 entries- governança noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
Romanian
1 entries- guvernare noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
Russian
3 entries- руково́дство noun (the group of people who make up an administrative body)
- управле́ние noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
- управле́ние noun (the specific system by which a political system is ruled)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- guverniranje noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
- režim noun (the specific system by which a political system is ruled)
- rukovodstvo noun (the group of people who make up an administrative body)
- uprava noun (the group of people who make up an administrative body)
Slovak
3 entries- riadenie noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
- smerovanie noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
- vedenie noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
Spanish
1 entries- gobernanza noun (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I believe that as imperfect as they are, the principles of open markets and accountable governance, of democracy and human rights and international law that we have forged remain the firmest foundation for human progress in this century.
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Too often, in capitals, decision-makers have forgotten that democracy needs to be driven by civic engagement from the bottom up, not governance by experts from the top down.
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Algeria needs good governance.
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